Sri Lanka, Nov. 4 -- A Sri Lankan social media user has raised concerns over telephone fraud after claiming that his 70-year-old father was defrauded of Rs. 4.6 million by individuals posing as bank representatives.

In a social media post, Dr. Amila Fernando said his father had received a call from a person claiming to be handling a tax calculation on behalf of a private bank.

The caller had allegedly asked for his father's banking information and one-time passwords (OTPs), which he provided without suspecting that the call was fraudulent.

Fernando said the incident resulted in Rs. 4.6 million being withdrawn from his father's bank account.

He also claimed that a bank official had informed him of two other similar cases reported durin...